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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
Quantrill's Raiders
Quantrill’s Raiders [Quantrills Raiders] BrE NAmE noun [pl]
a small independent military group that fought for the ↑Confederate States in ↑Missouri and ↑Kansas during the ↑American Civil War. It was led by Captain William Quantrill (1837–65), a former criminal, and included Jesse and Frank James and the ↑Younger brothers. The Raiders attacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, on 21 August 1863, and murdered 150 men and boys who were not soldiers. Quantrill was later killed in a gun fight with US soldiers in ↑Kentucky.
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